What the records say
- When
- 4 Jun 1796
- Kind
- Battle
- Coordinates
- 50.69° N, 7.65° E
- Description
- 1796 battle of the War of the First Coalition
Battle of Altenkirchen
Battle of the War of the First Coalition
The Battle of Altenkirchen saw two Republican French divisions commanded by Jean Baptiste Kléber attack a wing of the Habsburg Austrian army led by Duke Ferdinand Frederick Augustus of Württemberg. A frontal attack combined with a flanking maneuver forced the Austrians to retreat.
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- Wikidata: battles and siegesWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (German), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “In der Schlacht bei Altenkirchen sind im Ersten Koalitionskrieg die Franzosen unter Nicolas Jean-de-Dieu Soult siegreich gegenüber österreichischen Truppen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “victoire de Kléber sur les Autrichiens à Altenkirchen”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page